Reaction to ideas proposed to stop gun violence were mostly positive among a variety of groups in California including some gun dealers -though some have concerns.

In Colusa Daryl Schaad is preparing for a gun show
he's promoting this weekend. He says he supports making
federal law match the California law that already requires
background checks at private shows, "All of our guns have to
be sold through a transfer dealer which he holds for the mandatory
waiting period and during that period of time a background check is
performed on the buyer."

In Los Angeles Maya Barrera with the group Women Against Gun
Violence supports a ban on assault weapons and supports more
funding for gun violence research, "With the data and research
that will be collected, we're hopeful that that will inform some
legislation and we can finally start to tackle this epidemic."

Randy Johnson owns the Lincoln Gun Exchange near
Roseville. He says funding for mental health programs will do
the most to prevent shootings like Newtown.

He agrees with the ten-round magazine maximum proposed by the
President and a ban on armor-piercing bullets. But, he says
many politicians are incorrectly calling as many as 80-percent of
guns sold in the state "assault weapons," "It's very unfortunate
because people don't know the terminology or the actual weapon
themselves. They have a knee-jerk reaction. They want
to take everything away from everybody. Again, we haven't
dealt with the problem. The problem is not the
firearm."

He says gun owners are buying now in anticipation of a widespread
ban. He says at a recent trade show he attended, buyers
ordered $70 million worth of firearms. Last year at the same
show, he says orders totalled $7 million.